The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-01-16
STEVENS, THE BICYCLER,
ARRIVES IN SAN FRANCISCO
fHOM JAPAN
And Gives Something OF Hss Expe-
rieBce ia Isdia and ChIna-A
Spin in the Park.

rIence Ia hnuih anu Ohlnh-A
Spin IA the Park.
SAN Francisco, CAL, Janulry 10
According to promise, an Examiner re-
porter further interviewed the gentle
man at the San Francisco Bicycle Club
rooms yesterday afternoon, and the
modesty OF the tourist added much to
the favorable impression bis feat had
previously created. Ia anAwer to a
question inviting general confession
Mr.. Stevens said:
NOTES oR TRAVEL.
"Last night / could not tell you
much, because IL was interviewing
under difficulties, and today am No
busy a. bee ia tar barrel. 1 shall,
therefore, b. az brie as possible. You
published very fair sketch OF my
general travels this IN rning, and |
shall only give You little notes Of in
terest that escaped pcbicst on.
Through France the roads are excel
lent. found friendly wheelman in
far of Servia. whl accompanied me
over 100 miles and uutil / arrived in
Bulgaria. There l began to encounter
obstacles and took metaphorical
header. was cautioned not 10 pro-
ceed as ban5itti were hovsiinx
around III the hops otholding ma for
ransom. lodged them, however, by
going 10 Isnidt, which was ENTIRELY
out of my line OF travel. tt1p ped at
Teheran five months ON account of
the inclemenCy OF the weather. The
terminates there. On leaving 10 March
l had permission from the Russian
authorities to go through Southern
Siberia, but after accomplishing 300
miles over miserable ground l was
recalled by Gen. Kan rofi, who We
toei the original permit on political
grounds.
AMONG THE MoHAphEDANs.
81 returned aud went to Meshed,
one Of the oldest cities and elaborately
pplied with gold domed mosques.
Meshed is almost another Niece 4, as
thousands Of people holk there to d
religious pensnce for sins Gem nit ed
while console nee slept. Ia this vicin-
ity l came ACROSS a Mr.. Gray, a tsleg-
rapher for European liues, who had
an order forbidding me to pass into
Afghan territory, This order i polite.
ly Ignored, and whesled to the Persian
aide OF the frontier. slms 800 miles,
which brought me TO Beej md. Then
/ struck across thu S-eert Dashti.
Nsumid Desert OF Daspalr), which
had never bsioIe been traverse by q
white man.
AT the garrison town OF Quett, l
was arrested by Yusuph Kahn,
brother Of Amser Shere Ali, whom
the Engl sh dsposed in favor of the
present Amesr. | was carried to
Herat under guard and kept there
nine days, bsing fiually turned loose
in Persia, to which county l was
couduc ed under guard Of twenty
four soldiers with bayouet, on their
guns When l awoke II night | would
STE half dozen giisening steel points
hanging over me, and the fact that TO
kill one OF us ii a passport to Paradise
for these heathbns made matters
rather interesting. My next start wa
Tor the Caspian sFa. from which j
made India by seam, owing to the
wretched condition Of the roads.
JUNaLEs AND CAMS.
ON Puujab used my wheel az far
as Calcu u, but from that place 10
Canton l went by boat, rs the jun 1les
are impene trable, and there arc no
roads. 10 Persia there are no roads,
but the country is open. In China
fo)tp aths are all that Is tn be- found.
Ia tn g province Of Kiang TIE, XII Hgan
Foo City, l was desperately ftonei,
but succeeded in tscaping with ut
ma'eri | or serious Injury. The mob
chased me into the ollic al inc osure,
where was protec ed from fur her
assault That night about IL o'clock
l YVES hustled out and conveyed down
the 1apg-Tse river In Rampau and
delivered to the RnRl sh Consul, a 10.
eeipt being taken for me Just though
| we re a parcel.
1.-THE Japanese are an intelligent
people, entirely unlike the GLIMPSE,
and although l only remained in Yo.
kohama four days l was much i'm
pressed with the push and activity of
the people. | lett Yokohama on De.
cember 22d, aud arrived here this
morning, and that is about all there is
10 tell that you have not published.
OF course l have had strange expert
ences and adventures more or less
pleasant aud UNPLEASANT, but it wou' d
take book to describe a tenth part OF
them"
ENJOYING HIMSELF AFTER THR OURNRY.
Yesterday afternoon Mr.. Stevens
took spin through G llden Gate Park
with party Of local wheslmen. The
smooth paths wers delightful after so
much rough work, and Mr.. Stevens
expressed himself as quite at home, as
he had ridden toward the beach quite
often preparatory tn making his start
from here in 1884 The wheel on
which the famou, journey was accom-
plished was an obi ct OF veueration
almost to the euthu'iasts who have
made Mr.. Stevens their guest. Every
patch seemed to have a history, and
every scar on the nickel plate OF the
frame was suspected Of being volume
Of adventure, and the owner laughiug-
ly admitted that his faithful mac nine
was a pretty well stocked notebook.
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